Tasmanian Times
Drink
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1.1KThe disinfectant aroma of burns-tainted wine
The forest industries continue to create needless, harmful smoke with their burns again this year. FT commissioned a CSIRO Report confirming already...
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The Tasmanian hand grenade
THE wine industry is in a spin after an unknown cool-climate red wine from southern Tasmania last night bagged the holy grail...
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Leo, Geraldine lavish praise as MONA starts to undress …
LEO: I recently made a one-day trip to Brisbane to interview the best-selling author Geraldine Brooks, who was in Australia to promote...
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An encounter with wasps
European wasps are a serious pest in Tasmania and in vineyards they eat the profits. I was feeling quite relaxed about them...
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Burn-offs spark fear for grapes
THE Tasmanian wine industry is worried its 2011 vintage may go “up in smoke” because of forest burns in winegrowing regions before...
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Got to Go Guide’s First Book Exploring Wine Country Tasmania
Exploring Wine Country Tasmania is the first book in the new Got to Go Guide series: an essential road trip kit to...
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Coup for Tasmanian ‘new media’ company sees it develop Australia-first initiative
A Tasmanian ‘new media’ company, started with the assistance of a Tasmanian ecommerce IT grant has, in a major coup, established an...
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Market Watch: Tamar Ridge for sale
Gunn’s’ Tamar Ridge vineyard one of the biggest in the state, is located at Rowella, a mere couple of kilometres as the...
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Tyrrells 2009 Old Winery Pinot Grigio
There’s no great complexity of flavour, but there’s plenty of fresh, upfront zing and enough depth to make it a potential favourite...
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The Marlborough swarm
You know there’s something rotten in the state of the wine industry when you stroll through your local bottleshop and find that...
